Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s horticulture team just returned from a successful trip to Santa Rosa Island to collect seed from the island subspecies of Torrey…
Last month, I set out to the University of California Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve. The Carpinteria Salt Marsh is 230 acres in total. 120 of…
A forest of black oak, incense cedar, and Jeffery pine provide shade and fill the air with a woodsy scent on the hike up the…
Across Santa Barbara, there is a network of gardens found within schools, youth centers, shared community green spaces, and private homes. These gardens, and the…
For many people, the words “seed bank” conjure images of a cavernous vault nestled deep within a mountain surrounded by permafrost or walk-in freezers the…
Insect pollinators and other invertebrates have two new allies at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, with the hire of Invertebrate Ecologists: Dr. Zach Phillips and…
14 Federal and State-listed Rare Plant Species: Santa Rosa Island manzanita (Arctostaphylos confertiflora) Island barberry (Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis) Hoffmann’s rockcress (Boechera hoffmannii) Soft leaved…
The island barberry is one of the most endangered plants in California. Once known from Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and Anacapa Islands, the entire wild…
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